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5:15 PM ET, December 20, 2023

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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sources: WBD CEO David Zaslav met with Paramount Global CEO Bob Bakish on December 19 to discuss a possible merger; Zaslav also has spoken with Shari Redstone  —  Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav met with Paramount Global CEO Bob Bakish on Tuesday in New York City to discuss a possible merger …
Victoria Arancio / ABC News:
A helicopter pilot and a photographer for TV station WPVI in Philadelphia died on December 19 following a helicopter crash in New Jersey  —  The two were returning from an assignment at the Jersey Shore, the station said.  —  A news helicopter, operated by an ABC Owned Television Station in Philadelphia …
Bloomberg:
Sources: Paramount Global is in talks to sell its BET network to a management-led investor group that includes BET CEO Scott Mills, for a little under $2B  —  Paramount Global is in talks to sell its Black Entertainment Television network to a management-led investor group, according to people with knowledge of the discussions.
John Herrman / New York Magazine:
OpenAI's deals with publishers, like the one the company recently inked with Axel Springer, offers a glimpse of how AI and the media might eventually intersect  —  This past week, Axel Springer, the German media conglomerate that owns Politico and Business Insider, signed a “multiyear licensing deal” …
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
After Spotify began offering complimentary audiobooks to subscribers in October 2023, authors demand more transparency about how they will be paid  —  - Bradley Tusk, an investor and author, is backing new US effort  — Coalition of Concerned Creators is demanding more transparency
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Prince Harry's and Hugh Grant's lawsuits against News Corp's UK papers accuse new Washington Post CEO Will Lewis of phone hacking coverups between 2010 and 2012  —  When Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos wanted an assured hand to right the newspaper's shaky finances, he turned to Will Lewis …
Erik Larson / Bloomberg:
New York's AG sues Sirius XM for allegedly making canceling subscriptions to its online radio services hard, including via a “frustrating” six-part conversation  —  A probe by the AG's office found that Sirius trains employees to keep customers seeking to cancel on the phone or in a chat for a …
Alicja Ptak / Notes From Poland:
Poland's new government dismisses the management of TVP, Polskie Radio, and the Polish Press Agency; TVP's website and news channel TVP Info are now offline  —  Controversy has erupted around Poland's public media, with members of the conservative former ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party …
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Andreas Wiseman / Deadline:
BAFTA changes the rules for its Best Film category by increasing its minimum seven-day theatrical screenings requirement from 70 to at least 350 screenings
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Benjy Sarlin / Semafor:
Substack writers Matthew Yglesias and Brian Beutler plan to launch politics podcast Politix on January 3, covering the 2024 US election from the center-left
Bloomberg:
Sources: ByteDance's 2023 sales surged to $110B+, broadly matching 2022's 30% growth rate, despite economic turbulence in China and scrutiny in the US and India
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MacArthur Foundation:
The MacArthur Foundation announces $48M in grants to support Press Forward, including $32.5M for a national pooled fund for local news at The Miami Foundation